Electoral wardE05016318
Purfleet-on-Thames ward, Thurrock
Purfleet-on-Thames is one of 20 electoral wards of Thurrock Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 8,522 residents in 3,370 households — 877 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population.
Residents, 20218,522council ward average 8,800
Households3,3702.53 residents per household
Density877/ km²about 9.72 km² · Thurrock 1,074
Aged 65+4.8%Thurrock: 13.6% · under 16: 25.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–49.0% · 764
5–98.5% · 725
10–158.4% · 712
16–194.0% · 340
20–245.0% · 422
25–3420.7% · 1,766
35–4925.8% · 2,196
50–6413.9% · 1,182
65–743.4% · 287
75–841.3% · 108
85+0.2% · 18
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.4% · 587
1 car or van54.8% · 1,844
2 cars or vans22.6% · 760
3 or more5.3% · 177
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Thurrock overall: 63.3% owned, 17.7% social rented, 18.3% private rented.
Owned outright10.3% · 348
With mortgage39.9% · 1,343
Shared ownership3.0% · 101
Social rented14.8% · 498
Private rented31.8% · 1,071
Lives rent free0.1% · 5
Type of home
Detached house4.1% · 137
Semi-detached house16.5% · 556
Terraced house25.8% · 870
Purpose-built flat51.0% · 1,716
Converted house1.3% · 43
Other conversion0.3% · 9
Above shop / office0.6% · 21
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05016318- Council
- Thurrock Council
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 17 of 20
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.